Pangu Separates the Sky from the Earth: A Chinese Creation Myth

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INTRODUCTION Pangu Separates the Sky from the Earth tells the tale of a special being called Pangu Pangu is said to have made the world and everything in it In order for the world to take shape Pangu must part the light called Yin from the dark called Yang Yin and Yang have been important ideas in China since ancient times Xu Zheng was the first to record the myth Pangu Separates the Sky from the Earth in the third century CE The story is found in his book Sanwu Liji Historical Records of the Three Sovereign Divinities and the Five Gods There are several variations of this creation myth This version of the Pangu legend is adapted from material in D A Mackenzie's Myths of China and Japan printed in 1923 Mackenzie was a well known Scottish journalist and author of many books on folklore